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Project List

Sometimes people ask us if we have special projects that we're trying to have done. Here is a list of current projects that we are trying to raise money to finish!

Water
Pump/Tower/Storage Room/Car Park

Pump: $3000 Building: $4000

Many of you helped us
finish our well project. There were some
extra gifts that came in that are going toward this. Now that the well is drilled, we’ll work on a
way to get water out of that well! The
next step is to buy a pump to go down the well, and then we’ll build a small
tower to put a water tank on top of.
We’re going to combine that building project with another need we have,
which is outside storage and a covered place to park our vehicles to keep them
out of the elements and help them last longer.
We feel like it would be easy enough (and cheaper) to meet all three of
these needs with one building!

House
Painting

Cost: $1000

When
we first moved to Lohutok, it didn’t seem very important to spend money
painting our house. There were so many
other things that needed to be done just to make living easier/possible, that
painting wasn’t even on the list! Now
that we’ve been in the house for a couple of years, we think it’s time. A big part of feeling “at home” and rested on
a regular basis (in my opinion) is having a home that feels like home, so now
we are praying for the money to buy paint for the inside and outside of our
house. $1000 is enough for all of the
undercoat and paint, transporting the paint from Uganda to Lohutok, and paying
workers to help with the painting.

Front
Bumper Winch

Cost: $2000

Many of the unreached areas that we are trying to visit regularly are
hard to get to because of muddy roads.
We’ve made regular visits during the dry season, but when the rains are
here, getting stuck on the road is a common reality. Having a winch on the front of the
LandCruiser would be a great help for getting unstuck in these situations.

Solar
Panels

Cost:
$2100

Right now we’re running a generator a few times a week to charge the
batteries that power our house. The
generator is necessary in the rainy season on days when there is no sun, but a
more economical power source would be to have adequate solar panels to provide
power for the batteries. To buy four 24V
250watt panels would cost about $2000 and the wires from the panels to the
charge controller (about $10/meter) costs $100.